davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1887-12-27

Almost any bright colored bird will
make a good songster. Just now the
%goldfnch is quite popular. The male
variety has n sweet, mild note, and
breeds well with the canary. The
female goldfnch is n poor cage bird, and
is never in demand. Canaries are going
out of style, although those imported
from the Hartz mountains are still the
prince of songsters. A good many peo-
pie are now buying nonpareils, n bird of
fine plumage from the gulf states.
They have u low, sweet note. Mocking
birds will always be popular. The best
variety m from near Dallas, Tex,
where they are taken out of the nests
while young and fed by hand. The
mocker is the only bird that can whistle
n tune successfully, and it takes only n
short time to teach one such n tune
as "Lauterbaoh." The redbird is the
hardest bird known to keep, as he will
butt his brains out in n cage if not cared
for properly. He is u hearty bird if he
survives the first season, but it is
necessary to change the cage frequently
from n high to n low point, then from
outdoors to indoors. All redbirds are
trapped, and hen they sing only after
becoming thoroughly tanned. The black
bird is rarely seen as a cage bird. The
American blackbird is n poor pet, but
the European variety is highly priced.
1t has q song peculiarly of its own.
Wealthy people are lately importing Eng
lish skylarks in large numbers. The
skylark is q morning singer, and is the
most expensive bird in the market
Bird Fancier in the Globe-Democrat.
, 1887-12-27

A number of new combinations in pa
per are being made. One of the latest is
n paper having n middle" of tin or gold
foil. The upper layer is made of waxed,
and the under surface of common paper.
This is intended for n variety of uses.
A new sheathing paper is composed of
two or more layers cemented together by
asphalt, or some waterproof or disinfecting
material. l don't think hat the asphalt
idea is altogether new.
A new cardboard is an interior layer
or middle of paper made from an admix-
ture of pulp and animal hair. This is in
tended to be ~ improvement on every
kind of paper in which threads or yarns
have been introduced.-Paper Trade
Journal.
, 1887-12-27
Inventions and Tunnel Digging.

Work upon the Mont Cents tunnel
was begun in 1857, about two years be-
fore De Lesseps commenced operations in
Egypt. The working parties in the oppo-
site headings, French and Italian; met on
Christmas day, 1870, about a year after
the Inauguration of the Suez canal. The
st. Gothard tunnel was begun after the
completion of the Mont Gents, in 1872;
the headings met Feb. 30, 1880. The
length of the Mont Cents tunnel is over
seven and n half miles; that of the st.
Gothard about nine and n quarter miles.
These are the longest tunnels ever con-
structed.
The invention, by means of which the
progress of the work was facilitated, con-
sists in tho use of atmospheric air as a
motor. By means of water power air is
reduced to one-sixth its ordinary bulk,
and the expansive force thus acquired
performs the drilling. Owing to the
conditions under which tunneling is done,
this method is of signal advantage.
Each of the Alpine tunnels was excavated
through solid rock, SO that blasting was
necessary. The use of explosives vitiated
the air, while tho length of the passage
and the impossibility of sinking shafts
made the ventilation question q vital me-.
Had the drills been run by steam, the
presence Of steam engines constantly
generating smoke and gas would have
heated and Initiated the air still further.
by the new invention the difficulty was
met. The air was compressed outside
Of the tunnel, and conveyed into it by
pipes. Here n double purpose was served:
by its expansion and liberation the air
ran the drills, and ventilated the tunnel.
Stuart f. Weld in Popular Science
Monthly.
, 1887-12-27

Do l think there are many such fraud
ulent excuses? Yes, lois of them. What
is more, many q minor performer bears
the brunt of n hitch or failure to shield
the leading performers. 1t is an old say
ing that n bad workman blames his tools.
1t is a good deal that way with singers
and musical performers. 1 remember a
case in point when the great Nilsson was
the real culprit. She sang here just be-
fore the great fire in a concert of which I
was the director. A flutist had to play
an obligato accompaniment to an aria
which Nilsson was to sing. With char
acteristic egotism she refused to attend
the rehearsal. AT the performance she
sang in an entirely different key to that
which the fiutist had practiced. There
could be but one result, and that a fail
ure. Nilsson threw down her book in a
fret at the feet of the terrified futist,
who was pulled over the Goals and
roundly condemned by the audience.
Poor fellow, he was not to blame; it was
Missions fault.
A few days later she was to take part
in the production of 1.-THE Messiah" 1
told Max Strakosch, the ~impresario, that
1 should insist on Nilsson's presence at
the rehearsal or not be responsible for n
break in the performance. In this case
she came like n lady, and everything
went off smoothly. 1t requires a good
deal of tact to get along with such peo-
pie. Some prima donnas are the en-
bodiment of gentleness and courtesy SO
long rs you stroke them the right way.
When you stroke them the wrong way
the fire fies.-Chicago Times.
, 1887-12-27

A young Bostonian has written to sew
eral prominent generals asking how they
fclt in their first battles. Gen. Sherman
rays that such questions are hard to an
nwcr Admiral Porter says his first battle
occurred when he was IL Yeas of age.
and that he did not feel much afraid.
Gen. Plcasunton remarks that his first
iattlc was in Mexico in 1876, and that
he felt that the sooner the enemy was
Ihra,hed the better it would De. while
Giru. AvCrcll says the battle of Bull Run,
1861. was his first, and that when lac saw
the enemy lie thought that a great and
uaclcsS crime was about to be committed.
- New York World.
, 1887-12-27
A VIenncso Holiday.

The feast of st. Leopold, the patron
saint of Lower Austria, was kept MS n
close holiday in Vienna, and there was n
total suspension of business. 1t is Gus
tomary on this day for the Viennese to
make excursions to Klosterneuburg,
where they drink the white wine for
which that town and its famous monas-
terry are famed. The monastery boasts
an enormous barrel which contains n
fantastic number of hogsheads, and the
fun of the day consists for many persons
in climbing TO the top Of this hugo recep-
tacle by means of a ladder, and drinking
the white wine ladled out through n tap
at the top. Trains were running from
Franz Josef's station to Klosterneuburg
every quarter of an hour, and oven 1000
carriages and cabs travelled to the old
town by road. In the evening there was
n grand md noisy return of roystercrs,
singing and shouting and reminding one
somewhat of the return from EPSON on
the Derby day.-St. James Gazette.
, 1887-12-27

In the towns and villages of Normandy
n finds n high average of female
beauty. Tho rural belle of Normandy is
n brunette, without being of the extreme
type. Her eyes are brown, rather than
black, her hair may be either black or
dark auburn, and her cheeks are inclined
to be of n warm, rosy hue. Judging the
Normandy woman in comparison with
those of England or America, l should
say that while the former average high,
there is too great n samcness about the
type to present the fascinating variety
one meets with in either of the other two
countries namei.-Thomas Stevens in
Courier-Journal.
, 1887-12-27

The management of these huge dry
goods houses in New York is n matter of
larger import than the careless multitude
surging through them all day long over
stop to thin. The army of employees is
as large and difficult n command as that
of many epauletted officers gain renown
for controlling, and is made up of much
more unruly elements than that compos-
ing most regiments. There are many
West Point graduates prepared tc assume
the control of large bodies of men, but if
their command was composed to q great
extent of women and children they would
probably prefer the position of private in
the ranks or would hastily resign from
the service at once. The fact, too, that
the majority of the customers are women
and unused to business methods compli-
Gates the difficulty beyond computation.
brooklyn Eagle.
, 1887-12-27

The great cottonwood trees in the
E""nIpG Of Tennessee contain veins of
ul.ar. sparkling water which tastes
What like unsweetcned soda water and
which spurts forth as if under gaseous
pressure when a vein is punctured. 1t is
sad 10 be deliciously refreshing, anf
hunters arc in the habit of carrying gim
lets with which to pierce the veins whe1
they are thirsty. 1t is a point of honor
with them TO plug up the orifice when
their thirst is satisfied, that the next
coner may not be dislppointed.-New
York Evening World.
, 1887-12-27

1t is stated that very little drunkenness
appears on the surface in Russia, where
the kind of brandy known as vodki is
consumed to an enormous extent. 1t is
the drink of all, from the infant to the
old people, who attain in that country an
extraordinary age. In the whole Rus
sian empire, with no less than 90, 900 of
the number dying annually, n third part
of the obituary are upward of 80 years of
age; 900 are above 100 years of age,
from so to SO are above 100 years, 90 are
upward of 1870 years, 3 are more than 1876
years of age, and . or 3 are reckoned on
to reach from 40 to 1856 years.-New
Orleans Picayune.
, 1887-12-27

a novelty in the advertising line is the
''electric window tapper," for the pur-
pose of attracting the attention of passers
by TO the wares exposed for sale. 1t
consists Of n figure, hand painted on
zinc, eighteen inches high, which knocks
IN the window with its hand. 1t is sus-
pended by wires connected with batteries
that al be placed in the cellar on any
other convenient place. The batteries
which go with the Taper will run for
six months, and the material for renew
ing them can be had at any drug store
for u triile.-New York Press.
, 1887-12-27

y novel industry has been started by
loys in the San Monica mountains in
california. They catch ra~ttlesnakes by
means Of a slip moose Of cord, box them up
and take them 10 Los Angeles, where they
sell them. The Chinese are the purchasers.
They use them rs medicine and the snakes
sell for from fifty cents TO 81 each. 1t is
said hat the Cinnamon handle them fear
lcssly and never get Bitten Chicago
lIeIall
, 1887-12-27

Extensive preparations are being made
lv the Presbyterian board of Indian
irLools to educate the Indians of Arizona.
-, Tucson they arc building an IS, 900
iCi,ool house. Fifty acres Of and have
l~cu bought on the Santa Cruz river,
where the young Indians will lie instruct
ed in farming, and another building, TO
cost SO, 900, will soon be erected, where
$50 pupils car he accommodated Chi
Cagn News.
, 1887-12-27

"a member of my family was taken
down with the Small pox. l Immediately
commenced to use Darbys Prophylactic
Fluid. 1t kept the atmosphere of the
room pure and fresh. The patient was
relieved, and never for a moment deliri-
Gus; was not pitted, and was about the
house again in three weeks, and no others
had it. flames w. Parkinson, Ed. The
Caterer Phila., Pa.
, 1887-12-27

In the combination, proportion, and pre-
paration OF its Ingredients, Hoods Sarsa-
parilla accomplishes cures where other pre-.
parations entirely fail. Peculiar in its
good name at home, which is a tower Of
strength abroad. peculiar in the ~phcnome-
nal sales it has attained, Hoods Sarsapa-
lila is the most successful medicine for
purifying tho blood, giving strength, and
creating an appetite.
, 1887-12-27
Five Years without Winding.

y clock has been invented, and is COM
ing into use in Europe, which is war
ranted 10y its manufacturers TO run for
five years without either winding OF rcgu-
Luton. The Belgian government placed
II in a railway station in 1881, scaled
with the government seal, and it has kept
perfect time ever ce.-Thc Arguuaut.
, 1887-12-27
Evolution of Words.

1t is interesting to trace the evolution
Of words and expressions. Cultivated
people say: How do you dog Those
who are les precise say: ''IIowdydoo?"
In the hackwools of Tennessee thoy say
'THowdy:' The noble rcd man OF the
west says "IIowi" While the cat ON the
fence says ''Ow?"-Norwich Bulletin.
, 1887-12-27

The largest stock of fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice Hqueurs and superfinc
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets
, 1887-12-27

Sowo the Children. They are IS.
oS pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Acker's English
Remedy a positive cure. 1t saves
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-12-27
M0NM


Mn oNN OF the good things of this
NV life are ~sorrowfully let
alone on account of Dyspepsia. kcker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 25 and 80 cents, by
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-12-27

Engraving in all its branches Is done at
ZEHNEP BUEoHNER & Co.'s.
, 1887-12-27

FERRIS MOVES uoUs ~
200 Fifteenth street
, 1887-12-27
Dr.. v agaer& Cp.
sR8CrA-r,xsrE.

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class OF
is too wretched to merit the sympathy and best
services of the profession to which we belong
as many are Innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes bimsell
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less q
and a benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plicatiOn excels in any other branch of his pro-
fession. And, fortunately for humanity, the day
is dawning when the false philanthropy that
condemned the victims OF folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law. to die uncared
for. has passed away.
, 1887-12-27
YOUNG MEN
MEN.

There are many men OF the age OF so to co whc
are troubled with too frequent excavations of
the bladder, often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weakening
OF the system in a manner the patient cannot
account for. On examining the urinary deposits
. ropy sediment will often be found. and some
times small particles OF Glbumen will appear. or
changing to a dark and turbid appearance.
There are many men who die OF this difficulty
ignorant of the cause, which Is the second stage
of seminal weakness. DIR. Wagner Will guaran-
tee a cure in all such cases and q healthy restOra.
ton OF the genito-urinary organs, Consultation
free. Thorough examination and advice. So 90.
See the Doctors additional advertisement In
the Denver Daily News and Tribnne-Republi-
can
All communication should be addressed
DIR. G & co.
1i1i I.ariTer street Address, Box 1913. Denver,
Colorado.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08

tisl boHors unless the Republicans
should bring out Senator Harrison.
His attitude during the recent ex-
citing sensational contest in our State
war such as to win the admiration Of
both parties. He is a tate, conserya-
tive and able man."
"Is President Cleveland popular
with the Democrats Of Indiansi :"
"Well, yes" was the Judges heei-
tating reply. "0n the whole his sd-
ministration is generally commended.
Our people neither agree with him on
the silver question ncr on the subject
OF civil service reform, but they do be-
lieve he is making good President,
and that is the msin thing after al"
"How is Gov. Hill regarded by your
people"
"Some of our newspapers are talk
ing OF Gov. Hill as a candidate in
1888, but not to any considerable ex.
tent. As between the two l should
cay M. Cleveland was the more popu-
lsr. Bat no matter upon whom the
conventions choice may fall, the To-
diana Democratic will be faithful to
their trust ard contribute their share
to his election, whether it be Cleve-
land or Hill or some one as yet un-
named"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08
4 SERIOUS FIRE
Awakens 233 People From Their
Sleep, Four of WhOm are
Injured.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, April IA &C.
rious fire occurred in large boarding
houee on State street, kept by Mrs
James Hutchinson, about l 80 O'Clock
this morning, by which four persons
were badly injured. The fire was
caused by the explosion of kerosene
lamp in the kitchen. The building
being a wooden structure, the fire made
rapid Roadway, and it was with great
difficulty that 233 inmate of the house
escaped with their lives. All were
forced to leave ia their n ght clothes.
Patrick Mooney and John West, board
ers, were severely burned about the
face and limbs. Mrs Kate Farley, the
cook, and Mise Tillie Hutchinson,
jumped from the second story window,
sustaining severe injuries, The former
is thought to be internally injured
Mrs. Hntchinson's loss is $1,000; uninA
sured; loss on building, $500; insured
for 5000. Nothing was saved of the
furniture or individual effects.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08
sADDLERY HARDWARE
Manufacturers Association Meet TO
Discuss Freight Rates.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, April IA spec al
meeting of the Saddlery Hardware
Manufacturers Association of the
United States was held here Tuesday,
to settle questions of freight raised by
the interstate commerce bill. A plan
was sgreed upon whereby manulact-
urers shall paw freight as far as the
extreme points at which there are
competing manufacturers and charge
for the wares the same price as such
manufacturers. This means uniform
schedule Of prices. Beyond the out.
lying points of competition, which are
Chicago on the west, Cincinnati and
st. Louis on the toulh aud Nav Haven
on the east, the buyer pays the freight.
This plan will be tried one month and
a meeting will then be held in Bufia o
to decide on its continuance.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08
MISS SHlVELY KISSING.
THE VICTIM OF A RUTHLESS VII
LAIN CANNOT BE FOUND.
Charles Watson, BlgamIst, Her De.
stroyer-He Gets Her Money
Then Deserts Her.

OMAHA, NKB., April Wv. H. Fiiz.
gerald, City Marshal of Sterling, Ill.,,
and A. A. Wolfberger, q lawyer Of the
same place, who arrived in this place
yesterday in search OF the girl Lillian
Snavely, divulged further facts bear
ing on the cause of her disappearance.
Mr.. Wolfberger eaid that Lillian was
the daughter of wealthy parents in
Sterling, and was left $4,000 on the
death Of her father. She WAS sent to
an art school in Chicago, where she
met NJ, II. Davidson, who represented
himself to be wealthy cattle man
from Texas. Davidson had learned
tia; the girl had good deal OF money,
and entered into scheme with two
associates, L. @. Watson and M. ID.
Bell, to gain her confidence and de.
fraud her of it. Watson was intro.
duced to Miss Snavely, and in less
than three days che consented to mar
~ him. The girls folks at Sterling
heard OF it, and to prevent the match
telegraphed her to come home at
once, as her mother Was very i'll. She
returned to Sterling, accompanied
by Watson. On learning she
had teen deceived, she was very
indignant, and was shortly after.
ward suneptitiously married to
Watson, and went with him to Chi
cage. He got all the money from her
he could, and when che refused to give
him any mole he left for the East.
Davidson then went to Mrs. Watson,
told her Watson had wife in Chicago
and another in New York City, aud
induced her to come to Omaha with
him, where he said they would be
married. Nothing has been heard Of
Davidson, Mrs. Watson, or Bell, who
went west from here with them on
March 30th. Mr.. Fitzgerald and Mr..
Wolfberger today received dispatch
from the girls mother urging them to
n L
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08
SMALLPOX
Brought Into Chicago by Italian
migrants.

CHICAGO, April 7.-Dr. Montgom-
cry, Medical Inspector of the West
Division, reported 10 the Health De-
psrtment this morning case OF small.
pox at No. As North Carpenter street.
The patient is an Italian laborer, Jos.
H. Cssss!l, who is one of a party OF
immigrants who arrived in Ubicag0
April 1st from New York. He came
over in the Anchor Line steamer
Alsatia with 600 or 700 other Italian
immigrants. Two cases OF smallpox
broke out ON board the vessel, and
when it arrived in New York it was
quarsntined for a day and night, when
most OF the passengers were allowed
to land. Csssell and about ninety q
his companions came on to Chicago
and scattered through the city. The
house at No. 48 Carpenter street has
been qusrantined, and every effort
will be made by the authorities to pre-
vent the spread of the disease,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08
"A Lady burned to Death,

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April IA dispatch
n the Post Dispatch from Macon, Mo-,
sa,s: Mrs. DR.. Nailor was burned to
dean here this morning. Size was in
the Kitchen making g cup Of tss,
when her dress caught fire, and,
there .b6ng to one in the house, her
cries Tor assistance were not heard in
time to sac her. Mrs. Nsilor was q
prominent Society lady Of Atlanta
Me- sne wa visiting at this place at
the time OF heamisfoTtune,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08
TEXAS COMPANIES
VIII Take ina the Drill, as Negroes
are 30 be Drilled Separately.

SAN ANTONIO, TEX, April 1.-THE
San Antonio and BslKnap Rifles have
changed their minds regarding their
withdrawal from the national drill at
Washington next month. The change
wss occasioned by the following tele-
gram, received in response to one sent
from here, asking if the colored troops
would camp and drill with the whites,
and if they would he recognized in
the appointment of officers of the day:
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 6.
Capt. r. ]. Badger, san Antonio, Tex.
No; there seems to be an entire mis-.
conception. Gen. Andre We enters the
Virginia brigade. In it are two neglo
companies. Ifthey come they will be
camped separately and drilled separ'
ately. Please show this to Capt
Greene.
ALBERT 0RDWAY,
Chief of Military Committe'.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08
THE CARMONA LOST.
All Hope of Hearing From Her
Given Up.

NEW YORK, April 7.-All hope oil
the missing steamer Oarmona being
heard Of is now given up, and her
name has been added to the long list
Of those reported as lost. At the office
Of Funck, Edye & Co. today it waf
said that they never expected to hear
any tidings Of her. They believed the
Carmona was lost, and that was all
there WAS to it. The Salerno, two
weeks overdue, has not been heard Of
since spoken by the Elbe on the 9th
ult, and it is supposed that she, too
has been sunk. When last seen, tbs
Salerno was proceeding east under
sail with q broken propeller. Hel
captain refused the Eibe's assistance.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08

New YORK, April THE Washing
ton correspondent OF the Evening Post
telegrapbs bis paper as follows: The
Philadelphia Press has telegram from
New York saying that Mr.. Whitelaw
Reid denies all, knowledge of Letter
from himself to Murat Halstesd be-
tokening purpose to abandon Blaine
and spouse the John Sherman inter-
est for the next Presidential nomiua-
ton. The only error made by the
Evening Posts correspondent was us
lug the name of Mr.. Hslstead. The
letter was addressed to Mr.. Halstesd's
partner, Richard Smith, OF the Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08
MR.. MURAT HALSTEAD
Relates Entirely the Reports sent
Out Yesterday Concerning
shermaR's Candidacy.

CINCINNATI, o, April 7.-Mr. Hal
stead printed the following card in the
Commercial Gazette today:
"The statement telegrsphed over
the country yesterday originating in
Washington that Mr.. Halstesd of the
Commercial Gazette. had received let
ter from Whitelaw Reid, editor Of the
New York Tribune, about Blaine and
Sherman as Presidential candidates is
untrue altogether. There has been no
correspondence resembling even re-
mo,ely that reported. NH"